Tag: Asia

In the 1990s, India’s vulture population collapsed due to the unintended knock-on effect of a veterinary drug for cattle, with ...

Gig work, symbolised by crowd work, on-demand work, and freelancing, has expanded rapidly worldwide. The convenience of being able to ...

Today’s ESG Updates Hamburg Backs Blended Finance: New Asia-Pacific platform to help close $4.2T SDG funding gap despite investor concerns. ...

Today’s ESG Updates Trump Doubles Down on Tariffs: Asian markets plummet after China imposed a 34% tariff on U.S. goods.  ...

Short-term exposure to high levels of air pollution kills more than one million people every year. And while Asia and ...

Air pollution deaths increase by 150,000 in rapidly growing South and Southeast Asian cities Millions of people in cities in ...

Malaysia’s gig economy is on the rise but there are questions over its long-term value to the wider economy. One ...

Heatwaves scorched parts of Asia as Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China, and parts of South Asia recorded weeks of record ...

There’s no doubt that Asia is a rising economic force — its share of the world economy has risen from ...

In April 1989, thousands of students began gathering in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to make an unprecedented cry for freedom. The ...

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has published the 2023 edition of its annual ...

South Korea experienced unexpected tragedy in the form of a lethal crowd crush over Halloween weekend in Itaewon, a popular ...